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No Gifted Child Left Behind?

TIME - USA
By JULIE RAWE
September 13, 2007

Now the bad news: nearly half of lower-income students in the top tier in reading fall out of it by fifth grade. As economically disadvantaged brainiacs get older, 25% of them drop ranks in math in high school, and 41% don't finish college.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1661701,00.html

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Major Talent Drain in Our Nation's Schools, Squandering The Potential Of Millions Of High-Achieving, Lower-Income Students, New Report Uncovers

EdNews.org
September 12, 2007

Current education policy focused on "proficiency" misses opportunity to raise achievement levels among the brightest, lower-income students.
http://www.ednews.org/articles/16970/1/M...VERS/Page1.html

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The Last Word: The Best Commentary and Controversy in American Education

Education Week News - Bethesda,MD,USA
September 12, 2007
I don't think we are going to have the resources, or more importantly, the competence in the classroom, to differentiate instruction for gifted kids in the way those kids deserve. So I think our energies and money is better spent accelerating kids into existing classes, when they are ready, and funding institutions and parent groups that can provide other kinds of enrichment in lieu of school, through home schooling communes, or after school.
http://www.edweek.org/chat/transcript_09_12_2007.html

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Early graduation is a tax-saver

Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota,FL,USA
September 12, 2007

Any laws or regulations that hinder early graduation should be changed to protect our students and taxpayers.
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20070912/OPINION/709120481/1029

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High-Achieving Students From Lower-Income Families Fall Behind, Study Finds

Education Week
By Catherine Gewertz
September 10, 2007

The educational accountability movement’s keen focus on bringing all students to academic proficiency risks leaving behind a group of particularly promising students: high-achieving children from lower-income families, a report released today contends.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/0...+niE/LpbXubepMx

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